Blanchvillestown

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Blanchvillestown, from 595 m² to 160,520 m² (16.05 ha, 39.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Blanchvillestown in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 7 Oct 2019Conditional

  to upgrade an existing farm entrance to a forestry standard road entrance

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19727

• 24 Sept 2019Conditional

  for development. The development will consist of construction of a 2 storey dwelling with associated single storey garage, entrance to the public roadway (existing entrance), treatment system and percolation area, landscaping and all other associated site works (within curtilage of a protected structure) at

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 19684

• 9 Apr 2019N/a

  for development at this site. The development will consist of construction of a 2 storey dwelling with associated single storey garage, entrance to the public roadway (existing entrance), treatment system and percolation area, landscaping and all other associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 19231

• 30 Aug 2018Conditional

  for develop at existing Grt Isl-Kk 110kV Overhead Line, approx 49kms long.Approx 46.4km of existing circuit located within functional area of CoKk with approx 2.6km located within CoWex.The uprate works within CoKk will be undertaken betwn structure INT16 in townland of Drumdowney Upr,near admin border betwn Co's Wx&Kk and structure EM258 in twnland of Scart(ED Dunbell),east of KkCity.Within Co Kk existing circuit extends across twnlands of Drumdowney Upr,Murtaghstown,Luffany, Rathpatrick,Treanaree,Carriganurra,Nicholastown,Atateemore orBlackneys,Ballincrea, Fahy,Rathnasmolagh,Knockbrack,Ballinlammy,Haggard, BallyfasyLwr&Upr, Ballywairy, Darbystown,Ballallog,Listerlin,Brabstown,Ballyconnaught,Ballykenna,Garrandarragh, Ballyvool,Firgrove,Bohilla,Ballycocksoost,Coolsillagh,Kilmacshane,Kilcullen,Ruppa, Mungmacody,Cloghscregg,Castlegarden,Kilmanaheen,Dungarvan(EDBennettsbridge), Dungarvan Glebe,Cloghala(EDBennettsbridge),Ballynaboley,Smithstown(EDDunbell), Clashwilliam Td(EDDunbell),Blanchvillestown,Grove(EDDunbell),Roughfield,Rathcash, Rathgarvan orClifden,Maddockstown,Ballynamona,Highrath &Scart(EDDunbell). Uprate of existing circuit within CoWx will be undertaken within twnland of Grt Isl, between structure EM1 at Grt Isl Substn&structure INT15 near admin border between Co's Wx&Kk. Developm will consist of uprate of Grt Isl-Kk 110kv Overhead Line which will primarily include:re-stringing conductor withhigher capacity conductor,replacement of large proportion of existing structures,breaking out & reconstruction of concrete foundation & shear blocks of metal masts, painting of mast structures, replacement of insulators, crossarms, stays and/or fittings on existing structures &fitting/replacement of bird flight diverters.No additional structures proposed along existing circuit.Any replacement structures will be constructed at,or immediately adjacent to existing structures they will replace&will be of generally similar height & appearance. Assoc temp sitedevelop works to gain access to existing structures incl clearance of vegetation, disassembly & reassembly of stone walls&gate posts&removal & reinstatement of exist fencing.The prop dev includes all other temp assoc&ancillary site dev works reqd for uprate of exist circuit,incl install of silt traps,silt fences, stone rds, bogmats & clearspan bridges.No additional struct, no alteration to nature,extent, alignment, character or voltage of exist elect infrastruct is proposed.A NIS forms part of this application

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18573

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Blanchvillestown.

Recorded monuments

• KK020-057001 Church
  Description

  In relatively flat marshland with view limited to the NE and SE. The church, which is aligned NE-SW, is centrally placed within a small graveyard (KK020-057002-). It is indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Gowran in ‘The Parish of Blanchfeilds’ and on the Down Survey parish map in 'Blanshffeelds Kill' townland (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). The terrier accompanying the parish map describes, ‘on that part of Blanchvillskill which belongeth to Blanchfeildstowne Parish the ruinous walls of a Church’ (ibid.). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 413-14), this church, ‘locally known as the Church of Kylebeg, dates from before the Norman Invasion’ and was dedicated to St Nicholas, Bishop of Myra. The church is located c. 600m NE of Blanchville Castle (KK020-056----) and Hewson (1893, 208) notes that Richard de Blanchville was parson of this church in 1289. Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 413) notes that in, ‘1320 Richard de Ledred, Bishop of Ossory, received faculties from the Pope, to give to fit persons the churches of Blaunchevileston and Deruach (Durrow), void by the cession of Peter de Blauncevilla and the Dean of Kilkenny, who held them as pluralists. Subsequently the Rectory of Blanchvilleskill was appropriated to the Abbey of Jerpoint’ (Carrigan 1905, vol. 3, 413). In 1396, ‘the abbot of Jerpoint acquired the parishes of The Rowyr and Blanchvileston’ (ibid., vol. 4, 289). Hewson (1893, 208) suggests that the chancel was the original church, with the nave been a later extension. A rectangular nave (int. dims. 13.9m E-W x 6.8m N-S) and chancel (int. dims. 6.4m E-W x 5m N-S) church constructed of roughly coursed limestone and sandstone rubble, the walls bear traces of plaster rendering internally. The exterior is heavily overgrown in ivy. The church was entered in the nave via opposing doorways at the W end; a round-headed sandstone doorway (dims. 2.3m x 1m) in the N wall, and a smaller but similar doorway in the S wall. The nave was lit by opposing round-headed single-light windows at the E end of the N and S wall, with a small aumbry (max. dims. 0.53m x 0.4m) beneath each. There is a rectangular, single-light window in the apex of the W gable. The nave and chancel (int. dims. 6.4m E-W x 5m N-S) were divided by a chancel arch (Wth 2.85m), now broken through, though a number of sandstone voussoirs remain in situ. The chancel was lit by two round-headed sandstone single-light windows in the E gable, each set within a widely splaying embrasure, which meet in the middle. There is a round-headed single-light window in the S wall and a broken out window in the N wall. There is a piscina at the E end of the S wall and an aumbry at the E end of the N wall. The surviving architectural features suggest a 12th/13th-century date for this church. A large 19th-century vault has been built in the NE angle of the chancel and there are two medieval graveslabs (KK020-057004-; KK020-057005-) near the E end of the S wall. Within the nave there is a baptismal font (KK020-057003-) against the N wall, immediately E of the doorway. There are also several 18th/19th-century headstones within the nave. Drennan (1955, 22-3) mentions a bronze cross, dated to the 17th century which was found hidden in the church in c. 1920, probably used for Masses which were reputedly held here during Penal times. See attached: KK020-057001-_01 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Gowran (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) KK020-057001-_02 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of 'Blanchevilstown' (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) KK020-057001-_03 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) terrier accompanying parish map of 'Blanchevilstown' (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 December 2020

• KK020-057002 Graveyard
  Description

  In relatively flat marshland with view limited to the NE and SE. Kylebeg medieval church (KK020-019001-), which is aligned NE-SW, is centrally placed within this small graveyard. The graveyard is indicated as a dashed line on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map which suggests that it was not enclosed at this date. It is indicated as enclosed on the subsequent revision of the 6-inch map in 1900. The graveyard consists of a sub-rectangular raised area (dims. c. 38m E-W x c. 25m N-S) enclosed by a stone wall and entered through a stile on the W side, where the public road runs along the outside. The headstones in the graveyard are concentrated in an area S of the church and all appear to be 18th century in date or later. There are some architectural fragments lying about the graveyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 December 2020

• KK020-057003 Font
  Description

  Within the medieval church of Kylebeg (KK020-057001-). When noted by Hewson (1893, 208) the font, 'lies broken and half buried in the ground, and concealed in grass, between the north-east corner of the church and the public road'. The font was subsequent moved inside the church and now rests against the N wall of the nave, immediately E of the doorway. A plain limestone font is square in plan (dims. 0.56m x 0.56m; H 0.25m) and has a circular basin (int. diam. 0.41m; D 0.22m; rim T 0.04m) with a small drain-hole at its center. The base (dims. 0.45m x 0.4m) has a groove (Wth 0.02m) to receive the bowl and the surface is incised with an X. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 December 2020

• KK020-057004 Graveslab
  Description

  Within the medieval church of Kylebeg (KK020-057001-). Lying near the S wall of the chancel, at the E end, embedded in the ground. A tapering limestone slab (L 1.84m; Wth at top 0.65m narrowing to 0.23m at base) with a broad chamfer (Wth 0.07m) around the edges. The top sinister corner is broken off and the top dexter corner is fractured. There is also a diagonal fracture running across the lower portion of the slab. The upper surface is decorated with an incised cross with a triangular cross-head with four fleur-de-lis terminals. There is a knop beneath the cross-head. The cross-shaft terminates with a fleur-de-lis. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 December 2020

• KK020-057005 Graveslab
  Description

  Within the medieval church of Kylebeg (KK020-057001-). Lying near the S wall of the chancel, at the E end, embedded in the ground. A large rectangular (L 1.5m; Wth 0.52m) limestone recumbent slab. It is decorated in relief with a seven-armed segmental-headed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals, a three-barred knop beneath the cross-head and a banded shaft. A latin inscription in raised Black Letter script runs in a narrow border across the top and down the sinister side of slab. The inscription has been transcribed by Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 414) as, 'Hic jacet Elisia Blancheuld fi[li]a q obit vi die mensis Desember 1581' and translated as, 'Here lies Ellis, daughter of Leonard Blanchville, who died, Dec. 6th, 1581'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 December 2020

• KK020-084 Ring-ditch
  Description

  In tillage. Identified as a cropmark on aerial photographs (ASIAP (114) 9-13, 22 July 2000). The cropmark highlights the fosse of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 18m). A field boundary, depicted on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map running roughly E-W, appears to kink out at this point, though the enclosure appears to have been levelled by 1839 as it is not indicated. There are two smaller ring-ditches (KK020-088---- and KK020-087----) c. 8m and c. 40m to the SSE respectively. See attached: KK020-084----_01 ASIAP (114) 9, 22 July 2000 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 2 March 2021

• KK020-087 Ring-ditch
  Description

  In tillage. Identified as a cropmark on aerial photographs (ASIAP (114) 9-13, 22 July 2000). The cropmark highlights the fosse of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 7m). Two other ring-ditches (KK020-088---- and KK020-084----) are located c. 26m and c. 40m to the NNW respectively. See attached: KK020-087----_01 ASIAP (114) 9, 22 July 2000 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 2 March 2021

• KK020-088 Ring-ditch
  Description

  In tillage. Identified as a cropmark on aerial photographs (ASIAP (114) 9-13, 22 July 2000). The cropmark highlights the fosse of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 5m). A larger ring-ditch (KK020-084----) is located c. 8m to the NNW and another ring-ditch (KK020-087----) is located c. 26m to the SSE. See attached: KK020-088----_01 ASIAP (114) 9, 22 July 2000 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 2 March 2021

• KK020-122 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage. An oval enclosure (dims. c. 50m N-S; c. 66m E-W), defined by a fosse (Wth c. 2m) which is visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Apple Maps satellite imagery; Google Earth satellite imagery, imagery date 24 March 2023), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. A field boundary, running NNE-SSW, indicated on the revised OS 6-inch map and since levelled, transected the S portion of the enclosure. See attached imagery: KK020-122----_01 Apple maps satellite imagery KK020-122----_02 Google Earth satellite imagery, imagery date 24 March 2023 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 20 June 2023

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Blanchvillestown.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Blanchvillestown, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Blanchvillestown.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Blanchvillestown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Blanchvillestown · Baile an Bhlóinsínigh

Area

2,036,026 m² (203.6 ha, 503.11 acres)

Civil parish

Blanchvilleskill, and its townlands

Barony

Gowran

Electoral division

Dunbell, the unit of the census

Census 2022

525 people lived in 192 households in the Dunbell electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeygrove, Annfield, Blanchville Demesne, Blanchvilleskill, Clashwilliam, Clashwilliam, Grove, Kylebeg, Rathcash East, Smithstown

Placenames

Blanchvillestown on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.